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“They have started farming on the land,” he told newsmen on Wednesday as he explained why he buried his wife in his backyard.The Yadav-dominated village doesn’t have a burning ghat even for use by Yadavs. “Harinarayan might not have been given monetary aid for last rites by the panchayat in time,” he said. At times, they even immerse the dead bodies into the river.Harinarayan, however, says the ‘dabbangs’ (musclemen) of the village now do not allow Musahars to use the banks of the river for the last rites. Since they own farmlands, they cremate their dead kin in fields.The 200-odd Rishidev families of the village are, however, landless and earn a living by working as farm workers on daily wages. These families have been allotted three decimal residential land each by the state government.Former mukhiya Bechan Rishideo says burial is not the norm in his community..